Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-01-06
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,pened with the reading OF paper by
5upt O 6. Scott, OF Oskaloosa The
paper was ably discussed by 5. ) Town
,ley. OF Knoxville The business Of the
section was then taken up by electing
Professor r. w Kaufman u member Of
The executive committee Great excite
nent prevailed over the election of the
dominating committee whose duty Is to
nominate officers Of the general assoca
tion After several interesting and anus
ing contests To- obtain the door 10 gel the
precedence in nominating on motion of
Supt Quincy II was decided TO elect the
members Of the committee by ballot
The scene that followed showed that the
teacher is not free on such occasions
from the willy ways of the politician
The ballot resulted In the nomination Of
4 Miss Scoteld ) w Parish and Chas. ID,
sheldon Miss Kate d Reed, Of Water.
loo, was elected member Of the Reading
Circle SupL d w Lewis, Of Wash,
ington and Supt NJ F. Arey. 81 Fort
Dodge were made their own successors
rs members Of the educational council
| The following resolution was offered by
| w A Doran and adopted
Resolved. That u committee OF three
with Supt Kroner Vt Waverly. NJ chair.
man. be appointed Ia consider and ar
| range course al reading Tor school
children and report the same to tn,s
association al Its next regular session
w A Doran and T. NJ Wiltei were
appointed on the committee Then came
the paper of Chas d shelton, from DE
Witt on physical culture in The public
schools
The meeting of The section ~ secoud
airy instruction convened IN Workman's
hall NJ 8 o'clock President Messei, Of
| Keokuk IN the chair The section 1t
once proceeded to business the first he
Ing a paper by Prof Emerson Of Chin
nell. upon Method in the Study ~
Latin" Discussion on this paper follow
ed by Principal Strattcn Of Davenport,
Freer. Of Mt Vernon and Armstrong of
SIOUX City, the trend of though, and
discussion seemed 10 be that special
teachers should be employed for more
thorough work. oi The, study omitted
altogether Second paper, The Study
Of Chemistry in the High school by
George Edward Marshall Of Keokuk
high Schol Discussion followed by
Miss Hyndman. of Epwortb Seminary.
Prof Wyrick, Of Marshaltown q w.
Ray. of Panora and others Third paper
by II. A Simons Of Usage upon The
place occupied by the preparatory school
In our system of education, discussion
following by several members Of the
section A permanent organization of
this Secondary Instructive Section was
formed hy rlecting the following board
" officers who also constitute The eXeCl
tive committee President. r l. Strat
ton. Davenport: Vice President Prof
Emerson. Grinnel, Secretary. Miss
llyndman, Of Epworth
The College section met al the parlors
of the Capital Hotel President Pick ard
in The chair Prof Price ny .hairmao
Of the committee on directory Of col
lcge teachers in Iowa reported plan
for the same The committee was con
tinUed and instructed 10 publish such
directory President PickArd then read
as his opening address. paper on col
lcge athletics--one IF the most thought.
full and well considered papers Of the
session showing fully the ripe experience
and extended research the doctor brought |
to his task The Nominating Committee
reported as. follows AS members Of
the general nomn mating committee. Profs, |
Buck, Wynn and Loos; M members OF |
the board of directors OF reading circles. !,
Profs BottcnGed and Abernethy, as
members Of the executive council, Pres. |
Trueblood md Prof Grumhling. rs
officers Of the college section, President, |
Pres. w. M. Brooks; Secretary. Prof |
W W. Gist; Vice President Prof. A. X. |
Hardness The officers named we're
then elected
After brief discussion of the paper |
on College Athletics" by President |
Ewing. President King and Prof. Hark- !
ppcs .nal n ,>o,or |
on The Danger of Eliminating Relig- |
Ious instruction from our Higher Insti |
tutions Of Learning Discussion Of the |
above paper by Profs Fellows, Edison
and GiSi and Presidents Beardshear, King |
and Brooks. Prof r A Hardness read
n paper on THE Practical Value OF the |
Study of the Classics" The motion was
made that the section give It's heariest |
approval cf this paper. After discussion
the motion was carried Prof Buck Of
Iowa College. Grinnell. followed with an
admirable paper on College Expenses,
On motion the paper on college Aih,
lelics was referred to a committee con-
sisiiDg Of Presidents Pickard Ewing and
King Prof DeLong made II motion
looking toward cooperation among the
different colleges in the matter OF disci
pline. Profs. belong, Gisi and Price /
were appointed committee Cd this
question To report al the next annual
meeting Of the Section after which the
Section adjourned
The afternoon and evening sessions
were devoted TO the regular business Of
The Association Following the present
alton Of various interesting papers the
repDrl Of the nominating committee WAS
called. they presenting the following
nominees:
President, Supt. l. T Weld. Nevada;
Vice Presidents. Supt r q. Young
Waterloo Supt + McNaughion
Council Bluffs. and Supt Julia l.. SEQ
hcld, Fairfield; Secretary, Prof J, G
Kepharl. Toledo, Treasurer. Supt ID.
w Lewis, Washington, Member Of Exc
cutive Committee. Supt. Julia Hoadley,
Decatur.
The report was adopted without dissent
and the election of the persons named
y as declared
FOURTH DAY.
Many of the attendants at the State
Teachers association took the early
morning trains for their homes and as
a consequence the closing session
was comparatively small. A good deal
If preliminary were disposed Of before
The programme proper was presented.
rhe following was appointed commit
lee to investigate and report on the pro-
pricty of admitting the section Of second.
iry instruction as permanent depart
nent: Professor j. Il. Harlan Of Cor
hell college, G. p. Il ,gers of MARSHALL
own, and II. j. Bell Of Monroe county.
paper on the present Status of Spell
ng Reform" was read by Professor
Freer and elected spirited discussion
resulting in the appointment of Profes-
,or Barnes of Iowa college, freer OF Cor
nell and Superintendent ii. }. Hacker of
Franklin county. as committee to re-
,ort at next meeting q list OF
wenty words recommended for
,hange by the American Pathological
Association with view to their adop-
ion in the schools. 1t was proposed :
hat such list be agreed upon how :
when it was suggested that the associa-
ion could scarcciv agree on single
word. To test this Superintendent Frost
If Cass county moyed that il be the sense
# the Association that tho" spells
hough, and the body voted unanimous
Y In its favor. Superintendent T. w.
of Red Oak, read paper on
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